Survivors
How to celebrate the first Holocaust Survivors Day
The new day of appreciation will be marked by an online international conference, in-person events, and “Survivors Shabbats.”
Herbert Karliner, outspoken survivor of the SS St. Louis, dies at 94
Herbert Karliner, USS St Louis survivor, dies
Why do we keep turning Holocaust survivor stories into self-help books?
“If you look at the Holocaust without that triumphant, redemptive story arc, you have to grapple with the randomness of what happens to people.”
Your guide to 2021 (virtual) Yom HaShoah commemorations
Despite a year of isolation and pandemic restrictions, Jewish communities around the country are finding ways to come together for Yom HaShoah, the annual commemoration to honor the more than six million Jews murdered by Nazis and Nazi collaborators during the Holocaust.
Why not a Holocaust Survivors Day?
When more than 200 survivors gathered last year at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation, it struck Jonathan Ornstein that there were three days each year to remember Nazi victims but no day to celebrate the lives of Holocaust survivors.
A rabbi moves Holocaust survivors to front of vaccination line
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Holocaust survivors in a local synagogue started out a bit ominously: A police cruiser was stationed outside and a bomb-sniffing German Shepherd was deployed inside, zealously looking for explosives.
Holocaust survivors are now receiving their first doses of the vaccine — and fame
Lily Ebert, at age 97, and Debra Winant at 101, have every intention of surviving the pandemic too.
Experts dismiss Israeli drive to vaccinate world’s Holocaust survivors as political stunt
Critics blast plan to vaccinate all Holocaust survivors
This customized van is helping UK Holocaust survivors record their stories during the pandemic
“I can’t tell you what it looks like on the film, but it’s an ingenious idea,” said Lili Pohlmann, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor.
My grandmother never talked about her experience in World War II. Until now.
She never talked about the hardest time of her life. But I didn’t want to lose this history.